Promotion and Tenure

Promotion and Tenure

The 10th annual pre-tenure symposium, “Equity and Inclusion: Successfully Navigating the Promotion and Tenure Process,” sponsored by the President’s Commissions for Equity and hosted by the University Libraries, will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the Foster Auditorium of Paterno Library.

The Penn State Smeal College of Business will add a new associate dean position to its administration this fall. Brian Cameron, currently with the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), will join Smeal as the new associate dean for professional master’s programs.

For the past 10 years, the University Libraries and Penn State's Office of the Provost have sponsored an initiative to recognize recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty. Through the program, each newly tenured or promoted faculty is asked to select a book for the University Libraries' collection that receives a bookplate commemorating the achievement.

An annual pre-tenure symposium, "Equity and Inclusion: Successfully Navigating the Promotion and Tenure Process," sponsored by the President's equity commissions and hosted by the University Libraries, will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 26, in the Paterno Library on the University Park campus. Plenary sessions and breakout discussion groups will address issues important to early tenure-line faculty from underrepresented groups, including women.

Registration is open, at no cost, to members of the Penn State community. To register, contact Kathy Putt at 814-863-7696 or kmr3@psu.edu by Friday, Sept. 28.

For the past nine years, the University Libraries and Penn State's Office of the Provost have jointly sponsored an initiative to recognize recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty members. Through the program, each newly tenured or promoted faculty member is asked to select a book for the University Libraries' collection that receives a bookplate commemorating the achievement.

For the past eight years, the University Libraries and Penn State's Office of the Provost have jointly sponsored an initiative to recognize recently tenured and promoted Penn State faculty. Through the program, each newly tenured or promoted faculty is asked to select a book for the University Libraries' collection that receives a bookplate commemorating the achievement.

Books selected and personal statements about the significance of the books are featured in an exhibit, "Honoring Recently Promoted and Tenured Penn State Faculty," on display in the Candace and Patrick E. Malloy III Diversity Studies Room, 109 Pattee Library, Sept. 11 to Oct. 26.

The Commission on Racial/Ethnic Diversity will hold its fourth annual Promotion and Tenure Symposium, "What's Diversity Got To Do With It?" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, in the Hintz Family Alumni Center. This event is being co-sponsored by the Commission for Women and the Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equity. The symposium includes plenary and breakout sessions, with refreshments and a lunch buffet.